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Recently, Microsoft announced that Linux will be a subsystem operation in Windows 10. My research institutes employs Linux in various forms. Unfortunately, as an end user I am in the crux between our software developers and our ITS. The developers write programs using Linux, but it is not supported by our ITS. The developers are offsite, so our natural support group, ITS, shuts down and refuses to service the Linux ecosystem.
So, I am left wondering would a linux subsystem suffice for our needs and force ITS to support the laptop? Can we drift away from dual booting? These are just a few of my thoughts. Perhaps it would be beneficial to review the Linux subsystem in Windows 10. So how does one install the subsystem? It appears it follows the same credo as Crouton; boot from developer mode and install it from an app store. The two choices for Linux are openSUSE and Ubuntu. These are not GUI intensive programs, but merely a command line terminal. It is the correct step for Microsoft to acknowledge Linux’s kernel in the world of computers.
However I must diverge from my main article’s intention. I gleefully used Korora as my main distro for my HP laptop at work and home. Yet I recently found out that the team are taking a sabbatical. I understand the need for breaks for work-life balance, but, in my work, I need a consistently reliable OS. I would like to give Korora a large thanks for being my distro for the last 2 years.
So I returned back to using Fedora LXDE and XFCE on my laptops. I choose the upstream product for one simple reason: solidarity. I extensively know the command line under RPM based distro. My Perl, R, and PHP batch files are a fit with Fedora. I would not have to revamp my work style nor my understanding. I love rooting for the underdog, however I do not see the corporate Linux companies going out.
I do not use my Fedora laptop as my daily computer nowadays. Instead, it is the perfect compliment to my office needs. Many times I use my batch files to automate my tasks or I use my work laptop for automation. I rather use the free and open software options to complete a job task. I dislike SaaS options that are now frequent under Windows OS compliant software. Next month I will review: R and Gnuplot.
I frequently have to develop basic stats for my work.